{"id":10868,"date":"2022-08-01T15:42:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2022-08-01T15:42:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:42:26","slug":"swiss-national-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=10868","title":{"rendered":"Swiss National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s August the first, the day when we celebrate the formation of the Swiss Federation in 1291. There\u2019s always lots to see, and we&#8217;re starting with a hang gliding display in Interlaken. It was a pretty good show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1639\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2341-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-10862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2341-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2341-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2341-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2341-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2341-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2341-2048x1311.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2341-469x300.jpg 469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grand hotel Victoria Jungfrau provides a nice backdrop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1784\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2345-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-10863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2345-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2345-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2345-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2345-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2345-1536x1070.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_2345-2048x1427.jpg 2048w, 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We even got lucky with the weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s August the first, the day when we celebrate the formation of the Swiss Federation in 1291. There\u2019s always lots to see, and we&#8217;re starting with a hang gliding display in Interlaken. It was a pretty good show. 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